Student Awards

To apply for an award, please submit the Nomination form to the CCPA National office by December 15th of the year prior to the conference.

NOTE: Please note that some of the CCPA Chapters also provide awards for students. Click here for more information.

1. CCPA Conference Student Travel Grant
CCPA has provided two $500 awards to students in support of their attendance at the CCPA annual conference. Both awards recipients must attend the full conference.

Eligibility: Applicants must be CCPA Student Members currently enrolled as students in a counselling program.

Application: Applicants are required to provide a current CV and a covering letter addressing the following points:

• Current and past involvement with CCPA (include your CCPA Student Membership number)
• Current program of studies, areas of interest, research plan
• Confirmation of desire and plan to attend next CCPA Annual Conference
• Contact information including E-mail address

Review Process: A CCPA panel will review applications. Criteria for evaluation will include merit of individual applications as well as regional distribution of awards where possible.

2. CCPA/Marsh Student Bursary Award
Marsh, the CCPA professional liability insurance broker of choice, has provided two $500 awards to support graduate students research in Counselling.

Eligibility: Applicants must be CCPA Student Members currently enrolled as student in a Canadian graduate counselling program.

Application: Applicants are required to provide by mail a brief summary of their research proposal, a letter of approval of their University’s ethics committee, a current CV and a covering letter addressing the following points:

• Current and past involvement with CCPA (include your CCPA Student Membership number)
• Current program of studies,
• Up to date official transcript demonstrating academic excellence
• Two letters of recommendation, one of which is from the research supervisor
• Contact information including E-mail address

Review Process: A CCPA panel will review applications. Criteria for evaluation will include merit of the research proposal for the field of counselling and of individual applications.